scholarly journals Votes, Votes, Votes: Explaining the Long Road to Emigrant Enfranchisement in Ireland

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Reidy
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
Historical Institutionalism ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Economic Engagement ◽  
Economic Imperative

Enfranchisement of emigrant citizens living outside their home states has been a notable trend in recent decades. While emigrant voting rights are viewed by some as an important part of the wave of suffrage reforms that began in the 1970s, for others they are a contested development that rupture the essence of democracy by breaking the link between citizenship and residence. This article connects insights from the emigrant voting literature with historical institutionalism to argue that the longstanding avoidance of emigrant enfranchisement in the Republic of Ireland was overcome during the Great Recession because of an economic imperative, the need for greater investment from the emigrant community. Diaspora campaigners explicitly linked economic engagement with political rights and the pathway to the policy reform was set. The government gave a commitment in 2017 to hold a referendum to implement the emigrant franchise reform and it is scheduled for 2022, having been initially delayed by the Covid 19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Kajian Yuridis Tentang Kesadaran Warga Negara Untuk Menggunakan Hak Pilih Dalam Melaksanakan Demokrasi Pada Pemilihan Kepala Daerah

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
Muzayanah Muzayanah
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Leadership Management ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The People ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Regional Leaders

The Republic of Indonesia is a state based on the rule of law in implementing state administration based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. The administration of government with a democratic system in which the highest sovereignty is in the hands of the people and in its implementation the people elect a leader to run the government. To determine the regional leader / regional head must be carried out through regional head elections. Regional head elections are intended to continue the government which has ended its term of office. Therefore, regional head elections must be held simultaneously throughout the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. The holding of regional head elections is a big job and is the responsibility of all parties, including all citizens of the Republic of Indonesia, so that the implementation of regional head elections runs well. The regional head elections in question have been held and are the result of the hard work of various relevant state institutions that have carried out their duties and responsibilities, in this case the General Election Commission (KPU) which has held regional head elections simultaneously throughout the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). ). The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia regulates the voting rights of citizens to participate and actively participate in determining regional leaders / regional heads who will lead in their respective territories. Citizens have the right to vote to vote at regional head elections. This is of course an awareness and responsibility as citizens so that regional leaders / regional heads are elected who are able to organize government and create prosperity and justice based on the values contained in the principles of Pancasila. The problem in this research is how a juridical study of the awareness of citizens to use their voting rights in implementing democracy in regional head elections?This research is a normative juridical research with the Library Research research method. The data collection method uses secondary data in the form of primary legal materials and secondary and tertiary legal materials. The population in this study is a random population of residents / community of Pengkol hamlet, Mangunsari village, Gunung pati District, Semarang City. The results of the research show that people in this region as citizens of the Republic of Indonesia have the awareness and responsibility to exercise their voting rights in the implementation of regional head elections, especially the election for Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Semarang on December 9, 2020. Regional head elections in this region have been going well and in a conducive situation even though it was held during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is hoped that the holding of this regional head election will produce regional leaders who have reliable and quality leadership management and are able to bring the community to realize social justice for all Indonesian people.

scholarly journals Policy Forum: Quebec's Debt—Taming the Beast

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1039-1050
Author(s):  
Luc Godbout
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Credit Rating ◽  
Balanced Budget Act ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Fiscal Balance ◽  
Balanced Budget ◽  
Canadian Provinces ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Policy Forum

The burden of Quebec's debt has changed significantly since 1960. While the province incurred very little debt in the years before the Quiet Revolution, its borrowing increased steadily from 1961 until the mid-1990s. By the time the trend was reversed, the Quebec government had recorded a deficit for 40 consecutive years. Having achieved one of the heaviest debt burdens, measured as a share of gross domestic product, among the Canadian provinces, and having seen two rapid downgrades of its credit rating by Moody's in the mid-1990s, fearing a further downgrade the Quebec government took steps to clean up its public finances. After outlining the evolution of Quebec's debt since the early 1960s, this article briefly describes two statutes enacted by the government to provide greater transparency with respect to the province's finances, enabling better management of its budget and debt. These statutes are the Balanced Budget Act, passed in 1996, and the Act To Reduce the Debt and Establish the Generations Fund, passed in 2006. The article discusses the impact of the Great Recession on the province's budgetary balance and indebtedness, and shows how Quebec's financial situation has changed in terms of its fiscal balance, debt, debt interest, and credit rating. It is now possible to affirm that the two statutes adopted by the government have clearly helped to improve Quebec's fiscal position.

scholarly journals Election violation and election law enforcement in general election in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Syailendra Anantya Prawira
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
General Election ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Election Law ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
The People ◽  
General Elections ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

General Elections are the embodiments of the mandate stipulated in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Article 1 paragraph (2) which affirms that "sovereignty is in the hands of the people and carried out according to the Constitution". The Formulation Document that will be formulated in the research are: (1) What is the violation in the general election? And (2) What is law enforcement in general election. The method used in this study is normative legal research, normative legal research methods or library law research methods are methods or procedures that are used in legal research by examining existing library material. Election violations constitute acts prohibited by the Election Law against election organizers resulting in the imposition of sanctions for violations. The enactment of Law Number 7 Year 2017 on General Elections provides for different types of violations, disputes, criminal offenses and electoral disputes. The crime of elections is a criminal offense punishable by a particular punishment based on the criminal justice system. The purpose of election is to carry out popular sovereignty and the realization of the political rights of the people to produce leaders who will occupy important positions in the government.

A Glimmer of Optimism in Government Savings Accumulation? An Empirical Examination of Municipal Unassigned Fund Balance in Florida

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore Arapis ◽  
Vincent Reitano
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Fund Balance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Interest In Research ◽  
Finance Officers

Few would question that the Great Recession and its aftermath have proved challenging for government financial management. This depressed economic environment has renewed interest in research involving the accumulation and use of the unassigned fund balance. In this study, we use data on Florida cities to examine the factors affecting the unassigned fund balance before, during, and after the Great Recession. According to our findings, building and maintaining savings at high levels have become routine for Florida cities, irrespective of their government form and the economic conditions they face. This research also provides evidence that Florida cities adapt their savings accumulation strategy, depending on the level of unassigned fund balance they are targeting. As a result, Florida cities consider different factors when accumulating unassigned fund balance above, rather than within or below, the minimum range suggested by the Government Finance Officers Association.

scholarly journals Raising Interest Rates: IOER vs. OMO: Interest On Excess Reserves Vs Open Market Operations

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Carlson ◽  
Conway L. Lackman
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Open Market ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Excess Reserves ◽  
Policy Control ◽  
Government Deficit ◽  
The Government

We demonstrate that IOER should make the excess reserves even larger, continuing the problem of monetary policy control and rewarding the banks for their policy errors fostering the Great Recession by giving them risk free returns on the $2.5 trillion of idle funds that are benefiting no one except the banks themselves, or having the banks invest those idle funds in some useful manner such as helping finance the government deficit and fix our roads and bridges. The number 1 priority should be to get rid of the troublesome excess reserves and utilizing open market operations (OMO).

Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Cutbacks on Public Employees

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaclyn S. Piatak
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal State ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Mass Layoffs ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The United States saw mass layoffs and unemployment during the Great Recession, where jobs have been slow to recover especially in the government sector. Research on cutback management became widespread in the late 1970s into the 1980s and several researchers have called for attention to be reignited to determine what lessons can be applied to the Great Recession and beyond. However, little attention is paid to the influence of cutbacks on employees. How do layoffs impact public personnel? Using nationally representative employment data, this study examines sector differences in job loss, advance notice, job mobility, and sector switching. In addition to distinctions across job sectors, differences within the government sector across federal, state, and local employees are explored. Findings raise several questions for research and practice regarding the ability to recover staff in a timely manner, the diversity of the organization, and the capacity to cope with future crises.

scholarly journals Countries of former yugoslavia: Periphery vs. super-periphery in the great recession and beyond

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (223) ◽  
pp. 11-38
Author(s):  
Velimir Bole ◽  
Miha Dominko ◽  
Ada Gustin-Habus ◽  
Janez Prasnikar
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
European Economies ◽  
Banking Credit

The paper deals with the performance of former Yugoslav countries during the Great Recession. It compares the performance of peripheral countries (Slovenia and Croatia) with those of superperipheral countries (Bosnia, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia). The focus of the analysis is the four channels of crisis transmission and amplification: the capital surge as the external channel on the one hand, and the financial accelerator, the banking credit extension, and liquidity as internal channels on the other. While the external channel drove the dynamics of the crisis, the internal channels amplified, broadened, and prolonged its drastic economic consequences. The paper depicts the trajectory of the consequences of the Great Recession for both peripheral and super-peripheral countries. It shows that, regarding financial stability, peripheral countries outperformed superperipheral countries in the boom phase, but not in the bust and recovery phases. The crucial factor influencing such a deterioration of peripheral countries? financial stability was the policy measures enforced by the European Commission and ECB, calibrated to the needs of the largest and strongest economies of the euro area, while neglecting the asymmetric dynamics of European economies in the bust and recovery phases. The paper concludes with a warning that something similar could happen in the present crisis triggered by the Covid-19 virus.

scholarly journals Covid-19 and labour law in Ireland

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-305
Author(s):  
David Mangan
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Irish Government ◽  
The Government

Similar to many other European countries, the Irish Government has attempted to address the employment implications of the Covid-19 pandemic through a mixture of income support schemes. Coming with the repercussions of the Great Recession remain in memory and the toll that took on the Irish banking sector, the Government seems to have endeavoured to take an approach that may be more conservative as compared to other EU Member States.

How Workers and the Government Have Dealt with Economic Crisis and Industrial Decline

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Great Depression ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Industrial Decline ◽  
The Face ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Near Term ◽  
The Government

This chapter begins with a brief review of the evidence on the causes of the Great Depression and its impact on workers and their families. It examines some of the similarities and differences in the causes of the Great Recession and its impact on workers. It briefly summarizes some of the different policies that presidents Roosevelt and Obama enacted to shorten the crisis and ease the burden on workers. It argues that while presidents Roosevelt and Obama were both called “socialist” by critics, their similarities are limited, and both the short- and long-term impacts of the policies they enacted during these crises are quite different for workers. While the near-term impact of the Great Recession was dwarfed by the Great Depression, the Great Recession exacerbated long-term structural trends that may well leave workers facing far more uncertain futures. Workers' own relative passivity in the face of these dynamics contrasts sharply with their grandparents' generation during the Great Depression. Absent a revival of their activism, we may well see the continued erosion, or even the end, of the New Deal social contract.

scholarly journals Industrial Composition, Methods of Compensation and Real Earnings in the Great Depression

2013 ◽  
Vol 226 ◽  
pp. R17-R29
Author(s):  
Robert A. Hart ◽  
J. Elizabeth Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Great Depression ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
Industrial Composition ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Composition Methods ◽  
The Business Cycle ◽  
The Government ◽  
Compare And Contrast

A major objective of the government during the Great Recession has been severely to restrict public sector real wage growth. One potential advantage of performance-related pay schemes is that they naturally offer greater wage responsiveness to fluctuations in the business cycle. Based on evidence from engineering and allied industries during the Great Depression we show that piecework wages exhibited more flexibility than their timework equivalents. We compare and contrast southern/midland engineering districts of Britain with northern districts. The former region was dominated by piece-rated workers and by modern sections of the industry, such as vehicle and aircraft manufacture. Time-rated work predominated in northern districts where older sections – for example, marine and textile engineering – were clustered‥

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